Table 5 Preference ranking of seven medicinal plants in treating febrile illness (‘Michi’)
Medicinal plants | Key informant | Total | Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
k-1 | k-2 | k-3 | k-4 | k-5 | k-6 | k-7 | k-8 | |||
Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 1st |
Zehneria scabra Sond | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 2th |
Cynoglossum lanceolatum Forssk | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 2nd |
Leonotis nepetifolia (L.) R.Br | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 3rd |
Abutilon bidentatum Hochst. A. Rich | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 4th |
Plumbago zeylanica L | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 5th |
Vernonia amygdalina Del | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6th |